The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 18, 2038
Waning Gibbous
96.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:50 PM
7:27 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.8%
- Age
- 15.6 days
- Distance
- 374,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1428
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jun 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 200.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.3° / 279.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 19m / -22.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 288.09° / -0.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.93° / 1.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -14.97° / -0.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.